Ski stabilizer

Claim 1

A STABILIZER FOR A WATER SKI HAVING A PREDETERMINED FORWARD PATH OF TRAVEL AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE TIPPED FROM HORIZONTAL TO OPPOSITELY TRANSVERSELY INCLINED POSITIONS TO STEER THE SKI COMPRISING AN ELONGATED MOUNTING PLATE OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID SHEET MATERIAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THERETHOURGH, FASTENER MEANS EXTENDED THROUGH SAID OPENINGS MOUNTING SAID PLATE BENEATH THE SKI, AND A PAIR OF ELONGATED FINS OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID SHEET MATERIAL DISPOSED BENEATH THE SKI AND ARRANGED IN SUBSTANTIALLY INVERTED V-SHAPED FORMATION HAVING AN APEX RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PLATE, EACH OF SAID FINS HAVING OPPOSITE REACTION SURFACES, BOTTOM MARGINAL EDGES ARCUATELY FORWARDLY CONVERGING TOWARD SAID PLATE AND TOWARD EACH OTHER, AND REARWARD MARGINAL EDGES RIGHT ANGULARLY RALATED TO THE PLATE, SAID FINS BEING DISPOSED IN INDIVIDUAL PLANES ALIGNED WITH SAID PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE SKI IN RIGID PREDETERMINED OBTUSE ANGULAR RELATION TO THE SKI TO PROVIDE A DUAL KEELING EFFECT TO MINIMIZE DRIFTING OF THE SKI FORM A STRAIGHT PATH OF TRAVEL WHEN IN TRANSVERSELY HORIZINTAL POSITION AND TO INSURE THAT AT LEAST ONE REACTION SURFACE OF THE FINS IS IMMEDIATELY IN EFFECTIVE POSITION BENEATH THE SKI WHEN THE SKI IS IN SUCH TRANSVERSELY INCLINED POSITIONS, SAID FINS HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THERETHORUGH TO PERMIT WATER TO FLOW THROUGH THE FINS DURING SAID TIPPING OF THE SKI TO MINIMIZE AIR POCKETS BETEWEEN THE FINS AND BETWEEN THE FINS AND THE SKI.